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History Through Living Books

5 Days of Homeschooling with Living Books

A great way to learn history through living books is by reading biographies.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Biographies are boring. They’re dry. You can’t get interested in them. Well we’ve got a fun new way of reading biographies for you then. Try YWAM books.

The series we use is Christian Heroes Then and Now. These books focus on missionaries. They’re a fun biography book that actually keeps you engaged and learning at the same time. Also YWAM offers study guides to go with the books so that you can use them for a small unit study as well. I love that my kids want to read these books and they love the books so it’s a win win.

And yes, my kids do love these books. I recently attended a homeschool conference local to me and bought the WHOLE SET of YWAM Christian Heroes then and now. All of them. Every last one they have in print currently is now in our library. I came home with these books. Immediately my kids were unwrapping them and finding their favorite reading nooks to dig in. History through living books. We love it.

Other great ways to use living books for your history is to find a book based history curriculum. We enjoy using The Story of the World as a read aloud. It’s a great history book that reads like a story and won’t bore your children. They currently have four in the series.

Another idea would be to find a curriculum that is book based that includes history. Our favorite one to recommend would be My Father’s World. We’re currently using this curriculum though we’re using Exploring Countries and Cultures so we’re adding in some extra history of our own. I like that they use a book basket. However, I do not approve or allow all of their book basket books into my home so it’s definitely something individual. Make sure to go through and only get the ones you’re comfortable with.

Some other books we’ve enjoyed for not only learning about history but also about virtues and character traits are Profiles of Valor and Portraits of Integrity. They’re great books that give verses to support character traits as well as a historical figure who exemplifies those traits. I’ll do reviews on those books later on so look for those.

Other books we love to include for history and character training as well are those from Lamplighter Publishing. Not all of their books are going to qualify as history but they do have some good ones. Make sure and screen them to see what you think.

What do you use for history? What do you love? My kids are excited to start studying American History this year so I’m stockpiling books about the American Revolution for our first big read. All the Pilgrims and Puritans as well. Oh and got to get those Native American ones too. My list keeps getting bigger! Make sure to comment your suggestions for me!

Upcoming Blog Series

5 Days of Homeschooling with Living Books

I am so excited to share with you that I’m participating in another Homeschool Review Crew blog hop! This year we are doing a 5 Days of Homeschooling and my theme for the upcoming blog series is 5 Days of Homeschooling with Living Books.

That means that each day Monday through Friday next week you’re going to see a post from this series focusing on homeschooling with living books. I’ll include things like

what are living books?

how can you use living books in your homeschool?

popular living books for different ages

what are twaddle books?

why we don’t use twaddle books in our homeschool or even keep them in our home

who does this homeschool style work for?

what are some great homeschool curriculums to use with these books

and so much more! Stay tuned!

Living Books and Learning

I’m so excited about this upcoming blog series because I really love using living books in our homeschool and I think you’re going to love learning more about what makes our home tick. I realized that I don’t often share the nitty gritty of why we have made certain choices in our homeschool and I want to do that! Maybe you’re a new homeschooler or maybe you’re just looking into other ways to homeschool. Either way, come join me!

Not only will you get to read my awesome series in the upcoming blog series but I’ll be linked up to all the other bloggers who are part of the homeschool review crew so you can read their posts as well! It’s going to be a great week of tons of content just for you!

Here’s a synopsis of what we’ll be talking about!

“Homeschooling can be fun and rewarding utilizing the local library to help you. We love the Charlotte Mason approach and are using her philosophy on living books versus twaddle in our homeschool. It enrichs our lives and helps us instill good character and values into our children as they grow into young adults.”

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Welcome to my blog. I'm a stay at home mom of 10. I'm also a home-school mom who enjoys teaching her children and watching them learn. I love to cook and bake for my family. We are a gluten free/lactose free/soy free family so sometimes cooking can be a challenge.

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